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The 2018 World Series will continue Saturday night, as the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers play Game 4, their second of three scheduled contests out west. The Red Sox currently lead the best-of-seven series by a 2-1 margin after a marathon ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Exhausted yet exhilarated, the Dodgers headed home for a catnap. The Red Sox may well toss and turn thinking about one that got away. Max Muncy's home run leading off the bottom of the 18th inning finally ended the longest World ...

- Associated Press (press release) (blog)

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Heath Hembree replaces Steven Wright on the postseason roster: Right-hander Heath Hembree will take knuckleballer Steven Wright's spot in the bullpen for the remainder of the ALDS, the Red Sox announced Saturday afternoon. Wright, who underwent an ...

BOSTON — The Red Sox set a club record by winning 108 games in the regular season. They put an end to any serious talk of a divisional pennant race in early August and demonstrated a cohesive approach under their new manager, Alex Cora, that had ...

Friday night at Fenway Park, an early 5-0 lead turned into a nail-biter 5-4 win (box score) for the Red Sox in Game 1 of the ALDS. The Yankees made a charge late and had 10 plate appearances with the tying run either on base or at the plate. They never ...

The Red Sox jumped out to an early 5-0 lead against the New York Yankees Friday night and appeared to be on their way to a Game 1 win in the ALDS. They would still claim the victory and a 1-0 series lead, but the W wouldn't come without some wrinkles.

Nine thoughts on the Red Sox' 5-4 victory over the Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Division Series . . . 1. Oh, right. It's been awhile, but now we remember: This is what it's like to play the Yankees in October. No early lead seems safe ...

While Sale's performance eased some of the concern about his health and ability to perform after pitching sparingly the final two months, the bullpen worked itself into some trouble -- and out of some trouble. In the end, it survived, even if it gave ...

The Boston Red Sox jumped out to a 5-0 lead early against New York Yankees in Game 1 of the ALDS, but the Yankees really made them sweat, starting in the sixth inning. Aaron Judge hit a solo home run off Chris Sale in the ninth, but Boston would go on ...

BOSTON — Over the winter, the Boston Red Sox handed Alex Cora, a native of Puerto Rico and a former player, the reins of a talented team with realistic World Series aspirations. It was a first not just for him — he had never been a major league ...

Red Sox lefthander Chris Sale (12-4, 2.11) and Yankees lefthander J.A. Happ (17-6, 3.65) are the Game 1 starting pitchers. Here are the lineups and notes, including each pitcher's history against the opposing hitters, what to watch for, and other nuggets.

It's a classic matchup when longtime arch rivals, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees square off for Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Friday night. This will be the fourth time the Yankees and Red Sox will face off in the ...

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You're probably going to be hearing a lot about 1978 in the coming days and weeks, especially if the Red Sox (finally) begin to cool off a bit and the Yankees begin righting their ship . . . which they should, since between now and Sept. 3 only 3 of ...

You're probably going to be hearing a lot about 1978 in the coming days and weeks, especially if the Red Sox (finally) begin to cool off a bit and the Yankees begin righting their ship . . . which they should, since between now and Sept. 3 only 3 of ...

(The season started much earlier this year -- the Red Sox opened on April 7 in '78 and on March 29 in '18.) The current Sox are 79-34, eight games better than the old Sox were 40 years ago (71-42). And their lead over the Yankees is bigger at the 113 ...

Sign up for Globe sports news alerts. Alex Cora inherited a barren office in the Fenway clubhouse when he was named manager of the Red Sox last fall. The previous occupant, John Farrell, had cleaned out his photographs and mementos. Only bare walls ...

But after a four-game sweep by the Red Sox, punctuated by a midnight collapse in Sunday's finale, the Yankees find themselves not only looking off in the distance at the surging Red Sox — who hold a nine-game lead — but also studying the rearview mirror.

The race is over. After a four-game sweep of the Yankees, capped off by a comeback against Aroldis Chapman and the vaunted Yankees bullpen, the Red Sox now have a 9.5 game lead, the largest division lead in baseball. They are 79-34, and on pace for ...

Thanks to a four-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, New York now trails its rival by a whopping 9 ½ games in the AL East, perhaps putting an end to the chase for first place weeks before Labor Day. The Yankees were beat every which way by the Sox; ...

Usually the moment when a team clinches a division title is a literal one, a victory over not just the opponent on the field but math. Take last year, when the Red Sox, behind a home run from Mookie Betts (sounds familiar) and six strong innings from ...